GNUS and authentication

[Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren <roffe@tag.uio.no>]

I have the following:

(defun nntp-send-authinfo ()
  "Send the AUTHINFO to the nntp server.
This function is supposed to be called from `nntp-server-opened-hook'."
  (cond 
   ...
   ((string-match "nntp.uio.no" nntp-address)
    (message "opening nntp.uio.no")
    (nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER" "*")
    (nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" "*")    
    (message "opened nntp.uio.no"))))

[actual user and password replaced by "*"]

Emacs says "opened nntp.uio.no", then hangs.  as a matter of fact,
this has been the behavior since early versions of DING.  

I'm behind a firewall, which unfortunately means a) this can be part of
the problem b) it's difficult to get other people to look at this
directly.

any suggestions, anyway?

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       Rolf Lindgren           |       "The opinions expressed above are
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